UFO Sightings in Alabama
1,275 UFO sightings reported in Alabama since 1939, peaking in 2014 (130 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,275
- Span
- 1939–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (130 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1939–2022 · peak 2014 (130 reports)
Top cities in Alabama
Huntsville
1961–2022 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Birmingham
1951–2022 · peak 2006 (9 reports)
Mobile
1979–2022 · peak 2019 (8 reports)
Melbourne (Australia)
1960–2021 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Madison
1973–2020 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Montgomery
1962–2020 · peak 1994 (4 reports)
Dothan
2003–2022 · peak 2022 (7 reports)
Gulf Shores
1997–2022 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Tuscaloosa
1996–2021 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Florence
1964–2019 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Hoover
2001–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Australia
1987–2014 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Cullman
2000–2019 · peak 2003 (4 reports)
Gadsden
1965–2019 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Anniston
1975–2020 · peak 2017 (4 reports)
Auburn
1972–2017 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Orange Beach
2002–2019 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Phenix City
2009–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Fort Payne
1973–2022 · peak 2022 (4 reports)
Gardendale
1968–2022 · peak 2008 (2 reports)
Phenix City · AL, USA
Large armada of white lights moving slow and silent across the sky.
Panama City · AL, USA
Fireball moving from west to east near Panama City. Seen by 3 people.
Somerville · AL, USA
UFO birds suddenly increase in numbers from 15 to 74. ((NUFORC Note: Photos from witness indicate flocks of birds. PD))
Huntsville · AL, USA
Flaming object I saw a bright blue and red flaming object in the sky over Huntsville , Al. It was going from East to West at about 2,00
Andalusia · AL, USA
Four bright stars form smiley face then quickly move away and disappear.
Phenix city · AL, USA
Please listen, I see an average of 5 to 20 moving star like objects every night for a year, different types!!
Muscadine · AL, USA
4 bright oval flashes.
Huntsville · AL, USA
What WAS that?
Grant · AL, USA
Bright orange lights outlined two objects one in the shape of a bell and one a rectangle moving relatively slow.
Hoover · AL, USA
Green glowing object moving past me overhead.
Millry · AL, USA
2 bright lights in south Alabama.
Warrior · AL, USA
Large non-blinking light over Warrior, Alabama.
Valley · AL, USA
Flying stars, not shooting stars, I know the diff...
Valley · AL, USA
More flying "dots" stars, this one noticably large and bright.
Valley · AL, USA
More bright moving dots in the sky.
Jacksonville · AL, USA
2 red lights disappear behind mountain. 5 jets follow behind.
Hoover · AL, USA
It appeared to a possible intercepting event with those contrail aircraft and then turned south on highway.
Homewood · AL, USA
Several lights like craft appear from the West in Alabama, hover and disappear to the west I a V formation.
Madison/east Limestone · AL, USA
Bright light quickly disappears. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor, we wonder. PD))
Cordova · AL, USA
Flash the disappear. ((NUFORC Note: Possible tumbling booster shell or satellite? Iridium satellite? PD))
Cherokee · AL, USA
Triangle light formation flew away after a bright flash.
Old AL Hwy. 35 (between MM 8-10) · AL, USA
While on my way home to Georgia traveling on old Alabama 35 a few miles before mile marker 13 I saw a dark blue ball of light twenty to
Deatsville · AL, USA
Star like object traveling at super extreme speed covering most of the night sky, with a 2 second spotlight burst halfway in flight.
Glencoe · AL, USA
Bright light traveling quickly, quasi-chevron shaped, bright orange, no sound.
Ashville · AL, USA
Wife & I were on lake watching fireworks, when a red light with an orange outline came fast with no sound moving in pulsing motion.